Drew Fischer🇨🇦

245 matches as referee, 2012–2026. Active.

Born: 10 July 1980
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Nationality: Canada

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Career

Matches: 245
Goals (per match): 736 (3.00)
Fouls (per match): 6072 (24.78)
Yellow cards (per match): 832 (3.40)
Red cards (per match): 40 (0.16)
Penalties (per match): 76 (0.31)

By season

Drew Fischer’s record by season, newest first.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

2026	11	4.82	2	1	26.09
2025	24	4.08	0	7	25.13
2024	19	3.11	3	9	22.32
2023	15	3.33	4	2	22.27
2022	16	4.31	6	5	23.56
2021	18	3.67	5	7	26.06
2020	17	3.00	3	11	24.35
2019	21	2.76	2	7	24.05
2018	21	2.90	3	5	21.29
2017	16	3.56	4	4	27.06
2016	18	3.72	5	2	27.17
2015	8	3.38	0	3	23.63
2014	17	2.94	1	7	28.29
2013	17	2.88	2	5	25.18
2012	7	2.43	0	1	27.43
All seasons	245	3.40	40	76	24.78

Drew Fischer’s record by season — the home sides’ share of each figure, and how home sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2026	11	2.55	2	0	13.00	6–2–3	1.818
2025	24	1.79	0	5	13.33	13–6–5	1.875
2024	19	1.37	2	7	10.53	7–5–7	1.368
2023	15	1.33	2	2	11.40	7–4–4	1.667
2022	16	1.88	2	4	11.19	7–1–8	1.375
2021	18	1.50	1	5	13.78	9–5–4	1.778
2020	17	1.06	0	8	11.06	10–4–3	2.000
2019	21	1.10	2	5	11.67	8–6–7	1.429
2018	21	1.00	0	3	11.24	13–3–5	2.000
2017	16	1.69	3	3	13.63	6–4–6	1.375
2016	18	1.67	2	2	13.17	11–5–2	2.111
2015	8	1.75	0	2	10.88	2–1–5	0.875
2014	17	1.18	0	6	14.76	7–7–3	1.647
2013	17	1.18	1	4	12.65	4–8–5	1.176
2012	7	1.00	0	1	12.43	3–3–1	1.714
All seasons	245	1.44	17	57	12.35	113–64–68	1.645

Drew Fischer’s record by season — the away sides’ share of each figure, and how away sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2026	11	2.27	0	1	13.09	3–2–6	1.000
2025	24	2.29	0	2	11.79	5–6–13	0.875
2024	19	1.74	1	2	11.79	7–5–7	1.368
2023	15	2.00	2	0	10.87	4–4–7	1.067
2022	16	2.44	4	1	12.38	8–1–7	1.563
2021	18	2.17	4	2	12.28	4–5–9	0.944
2020	17	1.94	3	3	13.29	3–4–10	0.765
2019	21	1.67	0	2	12.38	7–6–8	1.286
2018	21	1.90	3	2	10.05	5–3–13	0.857
2017	16	1.88	1	1	13.44	6–4–6	1.375
2016	18	2.06	3	0	14.00	2–5–11	0.611
2015	8	1.63	0	1	12.75	5–1–2	2.000
2014	17	1.76	1	1	13.53	3–7–7	0.941
2013	17	1.71	1	1	12.53	5–8–4	1.353
2012	7	1.43	0	0	15.00	1–3–3	0.857
All seasons	245	1.95	23	19	12.44	68–64–113	1.094

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	748
Delaying the restart	40
Dissent	29
Persistent infringement	9
Failing to respect distance	6
Total	832

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Violent conduct	17
Second caution	12
Serious foul play	7
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	3
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	1
Total	40

Yellow card reasons are unofficial, and some of them may be incorrect. “???” means we are missing a reason for a card.

Cards by minute

Cards issued, by minute band.
Minute	Cards	Share
1–15	59
16–30	81
31–45 (incl. added time)	163
46–60	149
61–75	159
76–90 (incl. added time)	271
Extra time	2
Shootout	0

By club

Drew Fischer’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	12 matches against Atlanta United FC	23	12	17	27	1	1	1	1
Austin FC	5 matches against Austin FC	5	7	12	15	0	1	0	1
CD Chivas USA	5 matches against CD Chivas USA	3	15	10	4	0	0	0	0
CF Montréal	22 matches against CF Montréal	28	34	50	33	3	2	0	4
Charlotte FC	5 matches against Charlotte FC	6	8	12	8	1	1	1	2
Chicago Fire FC	12 matches against Chicago Fire FC	20	20	21	23	1	0	1	1
Colorado Rapids	25 matches against Colorado Rapids	40	39	37	41	4	2	3	7
Columbus Crew	20 matches against Columbus Crew	37	36	30	36	1	1	8	1
D.C. United	17 matches against D.C. United	19	28	18	21	0	2	1	5
FC Cincinnati	12 matches against FC Cincinnati	9	25	24	21	1	1	1	4
FC Dallas	15 matches against FC Dallas	22	22	24	25	2	1	1	1
Houston Dynamo FC	23 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	36	32	40	43	2	3	3	6
Inter Miami CF	12 matches against Inter Miami CF	36	13	20	23	0	2	1	2
LA Galaxy	25 matches against LA Galaxy	27	44	40	40	1	3	1	3
Los Angeles FC	16 matches against Los Angeles FC	28	24	24	28	0	1	3	1
Minnesota United FC	12 matches against Minnesota United FC	11	21	17	17	2	0	2	1
Nashville SC	8 matches against Nashville SC	12	13	13	12	0	0	5	3
New England Revolution	11 matches against New England Revolution	13	13	19	21	1	1	0	1
New York City FC	14 matches against New York City FC	21	18	33	21	1	1	4	2
Orlando City SC	15 matches against Orlando City SC	22	20	33	20	1	1	2	2
Philadelphia Union	16 matches against Philadelphia Union	19	21	25	35	3	1	1	0
Portland Timbers	30 matches against Portland Timbers	51	35	49	51	1	2	4	4
Real Salt Lake	28 matches against Real Salt Lake	43	31	55	37	2	1	2	6
Red Bull New York	18 matches against Red Bull New York	29	29	32	30	0	0	7	3
Saint Louis CITY SC	5 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	4	14	10	4	0	0	0	2
San Diego FC	5 matches against San Diego FC	11	8	11	13	1	0	2	0
San Jose Earthquakes	20 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	31	37	35	32	1	4	6	3
Seattle Sounders FC	24 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	43	27	33	40	3	1	2	2
Sporting Kansas City	19 matches against Sporting Kansas City	30	30	30	44	3	3	5	2
Toronto FC	15 matches against Toronto FC	20	28	19	23	2	1	3	4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	24 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	37	32	39	44	2	3	6	2

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field AR AR1 AR2 4th official 5th official VOR VAR AVAR

Drew Fischer’s most frequent crewmates, AR2.
Official	Positions	Matches
Lyes Arfa	AR2 (13) with Lyes Arfa	13 matches with Lyes Arfa
Kathryn Nesbitt	AR2 (10) with Kathryn Nesbitt	10 matches with Kathryn Nesbitt
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	AR2 (10) with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	10 matches with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Claudiu Badea	AR2 (9) with Claudiu Badea	9 matches with Claudiu Badea
Gianni Facchini	AR2 (9) with Gianni Facchini	9 matches with Gianni Facchini
Jeremy Hanson	AR2 (7) with Jeremy Hanson	7 matches with Jeremy Hanson
Marco Arruda	AR2 (7) with Marco Arruda	7 matches with Marco Arruda
Cameron Blanchard	AR2 (6) with Cameron Blanchard	6 matches with Cameron Blanchard
Logan Brown	AR2 (6) with Logan Brown	6 matches with Logan Brown
Matthew Nelson	AR2 (6) with Matthew Nelson	6 matches with Matthew Nelson
Adam Garner	AR2 (5) with Adam Garner	5 matches with Adam Garner
Brian Dunn	AR2 (5) with Brian Dunn	5 matches with Brian Dunn
Brian Poeschel	AR2 (5) with Brian Poeschel	5 matches with Brian Poeschel
Eduardo Mariscal	AR2 (5) with Eduardo Mariscal	5 matches with Eduardo Mariscal
Felisha Mariscal	AR2 (5) with Felisha Mariscal	5 matches with Felisha Mariscal
Jason White	AR2 (5) with Jason White	5 matches with Jason White
Micheal Barwegen	AR2 (5) with Micheal Barwegen	5 matches with Micheal Barwegen
Philippe Brière	AR2 (5) with Philippe Brière	5 matches with Philippe Brière
Ryan Graves	AR2 (5) with Ryan Graves	5 matches with Ryan Graves
Walter Heatherly	AR2 (5) with Walter Heatherly	5 matches with Walter Heatherly
Chris Wattam	AR2 (4) with Chris Wattam	4 matches with Chris Wattam
Jeff Hosking	AR2 (4) with Jeff Hosking	4 matches with Jeff Hosking
Jeffrey Greeson	AR2 (4) with Jeffrey Greeson	4 matches with Jeffrey Greeson
Jeremy Kieso	AR2 (4) with Jeremy Kieso	4 matches with Jeremy Kieso
Jonathan Johnson	AR2 (4) with Jonathan Johnson	4 matches with Jonathan Johnson

Match log

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Drew Fischer’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2024-05-11	Reg	MTL	2–3	MIA	24	3	0	0
2024-05-05	Reg	SEA	0–0	LA	20	3	0	0
2024-04-06	Reg	CIN	1–2	NYRB	35	5	0	1
2024-03-30	Reg	RSL	3–1	STL	23	3	0	1
2023-11-08	KO	NE	0–1	PHI	24	3	1	0
2023-10-21	Reg	CLB	2–1	MTL	21	1	0	0
2023-09-30	Reg	VAN	2–2	DC	21	2	0	1
2023-09-20	Reg	MIA	4–0	TOR	23	0	0	0
2023-09-09	Reg	POR	2–0	LAFC	21	2	0	0
2023-09-02	Reg	CIN	0–1	ORL	16	7	1	0
2023-08-30	Reg	ATX	1–2	SEA	21	4	0	0
2023-05-27	Reg	LA	0–1	CLT	20	3+1	1	0
2023-05-20	Reg	NYRB	2–1	MTL	30	4	0	0
2023-05-13	Reg	CLB	2–2	ORL	23	6	0	0
2023-05-06	Reg	DAL	2–0	STL	25	4	0	0
2023-04-15	Reg	POR	4–1	SEA	17	3	0	0
2023-04-08	Reg	NYC	1–1	ATL	28	4	1	0
2023-04-01	Reg	COL	0–0	LAFC	18	2	0	0
2023-03-18	Reg	HOU	2–0	ATX	26	5	0	1
2022-10-23	QF	MTL	1–3	NYC	23	6	0	1
2022-10-09	Reg	HOU	1–3	LA	20	4	0	0
2022-09-17	Reg	SJ	1–1	DAL	31	5	1	1
2022-08-31	Reg	RSL	3–0	MIN	22	3	0	0
2022-08-13	Reg	MIA	3–2	NYC	26	7	0	0
2022-08-06	Reg	CIN	3–1	PHI	20	3	0	0

Includes at least one match with a substitution involving the named official. Appearances are credited by starting position; cards are credited to the official who issued them, so the two can differ.

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